The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-07-02

''1n the name of heaven" cried the COM
missioner, despairingly, 'come out OF that
Office and get on to the robbery"
II will, monsieur, just as soon as / can;
but you see all this happencd---"
"Wherer shouted the commissioner,
furiously.
'1n the little office, OF COURSE" muir
INJURED CZato, plnintively. "First we took
ten bills OF n thousand forins oach and put
them one after the other into the money
bag; then, save your honor, pulled of my
clothes, strapped the bag to my back,
dressed myself again, and was ready for
start. Don't disturb yourselves, beg of
you,' / said to my friends, 'but must leave
you; the train goes in thirty minutes We
drank another glass to my safe return.
embraced my wife, shook hands with the
notary, called q carriage and rushed for the
station, the superintendent and two of the
employees accompanying me, singing all
along the route to keep away the robbers.
At the station, by the advice Of the super
intcndent. took sleeping.car. to avoid
bad company, and one fthc employees went
to buy my ticket while the other stayed to
guard my valisc and help me to mount into
tho carriage.
"'Pay attention to your company, and do
not dare to speak of your money-bag,'
shouted the superintendent, the conductor
slammed the door, the bell rang, and we
were OFF,
"Thank hoaven!" calculated the officer;
sand now what next!"
ut is just as have told you. monsieur"
persisted Czato, with the air of martyr;
"and next / stretched myself upon tho cush-
ions, drew the curtains and went to sleep.
When l woke again we were entertaining
fhfa ,s.1, e.. L..
it is no longer on my back-I have been
robbedr'
when did you say you went to sleepl"
demanded the chef.
GAS soon rs we started, believe"
"But why did you believe it2"
"Because did not hear them cry the sta
tions''
"And you slept throughout the trip9'
II think so, but do not quite remember"
"Did you notice whether you had been
disturbed, or your things disarranged9"
mo, nothing; and yet, now think of it,
it seems to me that at one time felt cur
rent of air-from the window, perhaps"
'Why then didn't you close it!'
~ did close it," Cato replied, with dig
nifty, ''as the superintendent and two en-
ployes can bear witness. The current Of
| air came in of course as the robber opened
the WINDOW 10 ROB me-"
During the whole of this interrogation
the commissioner had kept his eyes upon
the skies, inwardly praying that the One
on high would grant him a clew to the rid
die
81 presume you have no suspicions?" he
said at last.
~! mercy, no! l haven't an idea; the
windows were shut and was entirely alone
in my commandment"
"Then have it," cried the commissioner;
81 have it--I know the man-it was the
conductor"
'Impossible!" |" said the chef de care, "his
conduct has always been most exemplary"
"Nothing is impossible where money is
concerned-bring him to me!' 1t was not
difficult to do this, as he was on the plat
form near them. He turned as pale as
death when the officer seized him by the
arm and brusquely demanded of him the
stolen money-bag.
81 know nothing about it," said he; II
am innocentw
Gan robbers say the same until the mag
istrate takes them in handsome, forward,
march!" and the commissioner, with an
air of great official superiority, turned upon
his heel and started away with his prisoner.
''Sign my deposition tirst!" shouted Czato
ITauUlCdlly, US ne saw HlIu gong, ''uuu now
| before leave the coach!"
| All at once u thought flashed across the
brain of the commissioner. Without losing
his hold of the conductor he stretched out
his arm and caught NJ. Cato by the collar.
The big man, not expecting an invitation
| given in so brusque a fashion, nearly fell
| upon his nose upon the platform.
"You'll come with US, too, my friend,''
| said the officer, holding him with grasp
| ofiron; tive are not through with you yet"
"Very WE'LL" said Czato, though some.
what astonished at the turn tho affair had
taken; "but unloose me, if you please"
SIT is not our habit to unloose robbers"
"But am no robber-on the contrary, it
is who have been robbed"
"Then the money belonged to youl"
"Not at all; it belonged to my proprie-
taire."
When one loses the money of his propric-
taire the law regards him no longer an hon.
est man. Come, my boys, forward march
| to the examining magistrate!"
| NJ. Matthias Heveder, the examining mag
| istrate, was great criminalist and firm
| adherent of the new school of criminal pro-
| cedure. Like bee he slipped his honey
from every flower, but invariably ended his
| examination with the stereotyped phrase
|
| terious crime: "A woman is at the bottom
Of it-seelk herp go further and say:
Find her!' and Ialways have up to this
| time. Twill find her now"
| This Cato affair more than aroused his
keenest interest, and he put in play to dis
| cover the criminal his utmost skill and
astuteness. Commencing with the two sus-
pected ones, he placed them in the strctest
solitude, declining to allow them to com
municate with living SOUL In vain Cato
besought him with streaming eyes to allow
him to write, or at least telegraph, to his
proprietaire, who was waiting for the ten
thousand FORMS and who would certainly
begin to misconstrue his silence and non.
appearance. The magistrate, however, was
inexorable. IA woman is at the bottom OF
it," he stubbornly repeated; "that woman
we must find. From inquiries which Ihaye
| made it appears that one of the prisoners
| Cato by name, is married. have sent by
| telegraph warrant for the arrest Of his
| wife. In the morning she will he here
under my hand. AS the conductor is moi
married, it follows, Of course, that he has
a mistress. II we can discover who she is
we shall have not the one but the two
women who are in question, and thereby
arrive ut solution of the puzzle"
Telegraphing the news of the robbery tt
every station along the line, the magistrate
shut himself into his apartments with thu
| return dispatches and studied them dill
gently From the most of them nothing
could be learned; two alone attracted hi.
attention. The first one stated that rail
way guard had seen woman's hand thrus
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